Brockton car crash into 2 porches sends 2 to hospital

Two people were transported with minor injuries after their car was hit by a Ford that also crashed into two different porches on Warren Avenue.

Anna Burgess The Enterprise @AnnaBurgess_ENT

BROCKTON – The driver of an SUV trying to pass another car late Saturday night careened out of control and hit the other car, broke through two fences, and struck two porches.

Police responded to 879 Warren Ave. at 11:27 p.m. on Saturday, after a two-car motor vehicle accident escalated to damage two residential properties and send two people to the hospital with minor injuries.

Brockton Police Lt. William Hallisey said the messy crash was caused by the driver of a 2003 Ford Explorer, who attempted to pass a Toyota on the right side and hit it instead.

Hallisey said the Ford driver, a 63-year-old Brockton man, saw the Toyota with its left turn signal on, and tried to drive around the other car on its right side.

The Toyota didn’t turn left as the Ford driver expected, Hallisey said, and the Ford driver crashed into the passenger side of the Toyota before “careening into the porch” at 879 Warren Ave.

“Then (the driver) panicked, put his car in reverse, and hit the fence across the street,” Hallisey said.

The Ford broke through the wooden fence to hit the porch at 874 Warren Ave, where police found the car on arrival.

The driver of the Ford was uninjured, as was his passenger. No residents in 879 Warren Ave. or 874 Warren Ave. were injured, either.

The driver and passenger in the Toyota were both transported to Good Samaritan Medical Center with minor injuries.

There is no information available yet as to the impact of the crash on the structure of either home.